Microsoft DOS md and mkdir command
Quick links About md and
mkdir
Availability
Syntax
Examples
Allows you to create your own directories in MS-DOS.
The md and mkdir commands are internal commands that are available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
All Versions of MS-DOS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Creates a directory.
MKDIR [drive:]path
MD [drive:]path
If Command Extensions are enabled MKDIR changes as follows:
MKDIR creates any intermediate directories in the path, if needed.
For
example, assume \a does not exist then:
mkdir \a\b\c\d
is the same as:
mkdir \a
chdir \a
mkdir b
chdir b
mkdir c
chdir c
mkdir
d
which is what you would have to type if extensions were disabled.
md test
The above example creates the "test" directory in the current directory.
mkdir "computer hope"
The above command would create a directory called "computer hope", if you want a space in your directory name it must be surrounded in quotes.
md c:\test
Create the "test" directory in the c:\ directory.